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JAL budget carrier to serve Bangkok next year
Reuters and Kyodo News, Published on 08/03/2019
» TOKYO: Japan Airlines (JAL) says its new low-cost carrier, Zipair Tokyo, will begin offering flights next year from Narita airport, with Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) and Seoul (Incheon) its first two destinations.
US hiring falls sharply
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: Hiring in the United States was the weakest in 17 months in February while wage gains were the fastest of the expansion and the unemployment rate fell, a possible sign that America’s jobs engine is starting to slow down.
Venezuela blackout enters second day
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2019
» CARACAS: Venezuelan authorities closed schools and suspended working hours on Friday after Caracas and other major cities awoke without electricity for a second day due to a problem at the collapsing country’s main hydroelectric plant.
Mahathir: ‘I’m pro-Malaysia, not anti-Singapore’
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/03/2019
» “Not anti-Singapore. I claim to be pro-Malaysia.”
Phnom Penh bans women's march
Kyodo News, Published on 08/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities on Friday blocked hundreds of people who attempted to march through the capital demanding measures to prevent and end violence against women — on International Women’s Day.
World's biggest fund dumping oil and gas stocks
News Agencies, Published on 08/03/2019
» OSLO: The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, which derives its $1 trillion in assets from oil and gas revenues, is bailing out of oil and gas stocks.
Ex-TRC execs can help other parties campaign, says EC
Online Reporters, Published on 08/03/2019
» Former executive members of the disbanded Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) can help candidates of other parties canvass for votes ahead of the polls, Election Commission (EC) secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma said on Friday.
Vietnam says fishing boat sunk by Chinese ship
AP, Published on 08/03/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese government official says a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China Sea's contested Paracel Islands capsized after being rammed by a Chinese vessel.
Animals seen near new wildlife corridor over Highway 304
Manit Sanubboon, Published on 08/03/2019
» PRACHIN BURI: Animals have been spotted near the wildlife corridor above the new tunnels on Highway 304, linking Nakhon Ratchasima and Prachin Buri, which will be officially opened on Saturday.
Thai weightlifters skip Olympics, world events over doping cases
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 08/03/2019
» The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association will not send its athletes to the Olympic Games in Tokyo or any other international competition after its weightlifters have been tested positive for doping.